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落叶归根
落葉歸根
Luò
yè
guī
gēn
Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by
张扬
Zhāng
Yáng
, starring
赵本山
Zhào
Běn
shān
CEDICT
Homographs
落叶归根
luò
yè
guī
gēn
lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom)
fig. all things go back to their source eventually
in old age, an expatriate returns home
Entry Composition
1
落叶
luò
yè
dead leaves
to lose leaves (of plants)
deciduous
2
归根
guī
gēn
to return home (after a lifetime's absence)
to go back to one's roots